The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1887-12-03

since, spoke as follOws:-"A great
many of you have been to London, and
vet you know nothing about it. l have
spent six months there every year for
forty wears, and vet l know nothing
about it. do not believe that there is
a man in it who is fairly acquainted
with all the parts and districts of that
vast city," If this be true-and be-
lieve every word Of it-how can it be
expected that can give the readers of
your paper in the single letter l have
now time to write, even faint con-
ception of the magnitude of this world
metropolis, and after sojourn OF only
two weeks within its limits?
Sir John Eerschel, the great English
astronomer, in his calculations, made
London the center of the universe. l
have not at this moment the data be-
fore me to controvert his position, and
l shall not attempt it'll But from all l
saw and learned, a,n quite sure that
as in other days all roads led TO Rome,
so now all the great highways of COM
merce, invention and art lead to Lon
don; since if recognition can be Sc
cured here, tame and fortune are as
sured. In London may be seen repre-
sentatives of almost every race and
tribe and tongue, of every color and
complexion, of every religion and
political opinion-hOwever strange and
eccentric-to be found On the face Of
the habitable globe. And there may
more truly be asserted of London what
Gibbon claimed for pagan Rome, that
she is the center also of religious tol-
Grafton, the common temple of the
world.
History shows us no such city as
London, and when we come to consid-
er the figures which represent its popu-
lation, we can hardly comprehend them
except by comparison or contrast. The
present number of inhabitants contain
ed within her fifteen miles radius is
4,6O0, 900, or as many as New York,
Brooklyn, Boston, Philadelphia, Chica-
90, St. Louis, have all put together,
with three or four Kansas Cities thrown
in for good measure ;every sixth man of
the United Kingdom is Londoner. 1t
&c estimazedsdhat in London there are
more more 4sa,ssa s,ssa GAbelias thar in Rome,
sss'sss s:sss $s,s., SSjs
IriShmen than in BotGaNE5f b
London proper, where all the. eqalQel
is transacted and the bulk OF the veal
lies, is contained within the small arqe
of 632 acres, or less than section
land in Missouri; but 80 valuable is u
ground that every inch is ardently col
tended for, and recently small spl1
was sold in Lombard street at pr
per foot which amounts to $40 ,0O0,V
an acre! Into this small area nea1
800, 900 persOns and over 20, ,OOO vehiet
daily enter and then return, and with
the limits of the metropolis are inci0l
ed $50 miles of railway, largely un9o
ground for rapid transportation, or
double the track of any of the trqnk
lines between st. Louis and Kane4e
City, What this vast crowd eat az
drink | shall not state in figures, q
they would convey but little idea of
mighty mass, but it is said that the AZ
nual fish supply alone is equivalent
food TO 10000 oxen. "a
But what shall describe of the ms
titude of objects l saw, which were6fl
deepest interest from their litsEery
historical associatiOnsp 2n04E -
into the city every M n ol1E
cool and quiet ro0m&l4 Ee4,
the most strikia 3 lEeledl
monumessip eesnt on tlle
~ 81 ~ lIp{6f. Sir Francis
E3hl most favorable
be found or imagined for
go a zonal work OF art" and by Sir
Robert Peel to be zone of the finest
sites in Europe 1t was named, of
course as we all know, in honor OF
Nelson's last victory, which destroyed
the combined French and Spanish
fleets, and effectively put an end to Ma.
poleon's invasion of England, and con-
tains the splendid Nelson Column, las
feet high, and of the exact proportion
of column of the COrinthian Temple
of Mars the Avenger at Rome. Upon
its top stands colossal statue of Nell
son, and at its foot four immense
bronze lions guard this national MEM
orial of England 8 greatest naval hero.
On its four sides are bronze reliefs rep
resenting four of the most famous
scenes in his life, The Battle of st.
Vincent. The BOmbdrdment OF COpen-
hagen, the Battie of the Nile. and The
Death Of Nelson at Trafalgar. In the
third relief Nelson, wounded in the
head, is being carried into the cockpit,
and the surgeon starts to quit wound
ed sailor to attend to him. "No," said
Nelson, 81 shall take my turn with my
brave fellows" Beneath the last relief
are Nelson's watchword on that famous
day, "England expects every man will
do his duty" On either side OF the
Nelson column are statues of the two
military commanders, Sir Henry Have
lock aud Sir Charles Napier; and in
the northeast corner of the square are
equestrian statues of George ".
Nor does England's honor to her
great commander cease here, for i'm the
splendid st. Paul's Cathedral, the Pan
theon for her military heroes as West
minister Abbey is for civil eminence,
MT far from the tomb of the Duke of
WeIlington,li lies also Nelson's tomb. He
was buried in a sarcophagns, prepared
for Henry VIII. at the expense OF
Cardinal Woolsey. and in coffin made
from the main mast of L'Orient, q ship
captured at the battle of the Nile. This
coffin was sent to Nelson by his friend,
Captain Hallowell, of the .Swittsure,
with the statement that "when you are
tired of this life you may be buried in
one of your own trophies"
Tennyson has wri ten the following
noble lines cOmmemorating tho burial
OF these two heroes in this same crypt,
beginning with Nelson's inquiry:
"Who ia be that cometh, like an honored
guest,
With banner and with music, with soldier
and with priest.
With a nation weeping, and breaking on my
re>t!"
Mighty seaman, this is he,
Was great by land as thou by sea.
Thine island loves thee well, thou famous
man.
The greatest sailor since the world bexau
Now to the roll of mutlled drums,
To thee the greatest soldier comes;
For this il he